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Posts tagged as “humor”

Top Ten Stories of 2015: the Madville Times Wishlist!

Some of my faithful readers think we liberals are backwards anyway, so let's start the Madville Times year in review series with the traditional year in preview. Every year, I prepare a wishlist of the stories I'd love to blog…

Liberal Arts Degrees Lead to Rotten Jobs… in Daugaard Administration

Maybe Dennis Daugaard is right: getting a liberal arts degree dooms graduates to crappy jobs... in the Daugaard Administration. A friend of the blog sifted through public records for information about the educational background of various officials in South Dakota…

Charlie Johnson Applies the Tongue Test to Organic Farming

Hey, that's my neighbor Charlie Johnson on the YouTube! Actually, it's an ad from the Organic Farmers' Agency for Relationship Marketing. But it's also a great nutshell explanation of the Organic farming philosophy Charlie inherited from his dad Bernard: "What…

SDDP Exec Crago Speaks Friday on Direction of Democratic Party

The Democratic Forum of Sioux Falls (which sponsors this blog—thank you, friends!) hosts what could be a newsworthy program this Friday. Zach Crago, executive director of the South Dakota Democratic Party, will deliver what I believe will be his first…

GOP Picks Westra over Schoenbeck for House Assistant Majority Leader

Not only did the 2014 election deprive us the pleasure of testing Lee Schoenbeck's commitment to disenfranchising District 3 and RV voters, but the legislative caucus has deprived us the pleasure of Lee Schoenbeck's leadership. Despite months of machinating by…

Madison Lands Sexy (Sexist?) Manufacturer

The Governor's Office of Economic Development and Madison's Lake Area Improvement Corporation score another coup, bringing Iowa sexy bra manufacturer Best Darn Guns (should a company really force us to swear?) to town: In a brilliant example of vertical (or…